Personnel

CREW

2ND LT NEAL P SCOTT           P CPT 15 FEB 45 COTTBUS, CITY ( FLEW 42 MISSIONS)

2ND LT JOHN S. NORTON      CP CPT 02 OCT 44 KASSEL, AERO ENGINES

F/O FREDERICK J. KOURY      NAV CPT 09 SEP 44 DUSSELDORF & RIEZHOLZ, CITIES

2ND LT ARTHUR J. HOLTZ    BOM CPT 27 AUG 44 BERLIN (RECALL)

S/SGT RUSSELL W. SMITH    TTE NOC  FLEW 23 MISISONS WITH THIS CREW

S/SGT ROBERT L MOCK        ROG NOC  FLEW 23 MISSIONS WITH THIS CREW

S/SGT PAUL L. CABALLERO   BTG NOC  FLEW 23 MISSIONS WTH THIS CREW AND TWO WITH LT RICCI CREW

SGT JOHN J. MORRIS          RWG NOC  FLEW 20 MISSIONS WITH THIS CREW

SGT RICHARD A. YORK        LWG NOC  FLEW 23 MISSIONS WITH THIS CREW

SGT JOHN GATELY             TG NOC  FLEW 19 MISSIONS WITH THIS CREW



351ST SQDN.. CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 12 APR 1944.



NEAL SCOTT "SCOTTY", COMMAND PILOT, FLEW 42 MISSIONS, THIRD OR FOURTH HIGHEST OF ANY 100TH PILOT.  SCOTTY WAS ONE OF THE 100TH'S MOST RESPECTED PILOTS AND IS FAMOUS FOR REFERING TO A WING COMMANDER ON VHF AS A "YELLOW BELLIED SOB." WHEN SCOTT THOUGHT  THE WING COMMANDERS ACTIONS WERE ENDANGERING THE 100TH.  WHEN THE IRATE GENERAL ASKED WHO MADE THE REMARK, THE 100THS  BELOVED "SCOTTY" TOLD HIM .       THIS WAS ON THE 30 NOV 1944 MISSION TO LEUNA, A OIL REFINERY AND WAS ALWAYS A TOUGH TARGET.



CAPT FREDRICK  "FEARLESS FREDDY"  CHAPIN TOOK OVER AS BOMBARDIER OF THIS CREW ON JULY 20, 1944 AN FLEW AS LEAD BOM ON 8 AUG 1944 (ST  SYLVAIN).  ALWAYS A TOUGH TARGET AND THE 100TH LOST IT LEAD AND DEPUTY LEAD TO FLAK PRIOR TO THE TARGET..

WOUNDED ON THE MISSION TO ST SYLVAIN, HE RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS AND FLEW 32 FOR THE 100TH AND ONE  WITH A B-24 GROUP; PROBABLY THE ONLY 100TH VETERAN TO FLY A MISSION IN A B-24; THIS WAS CAUSED BY HIS  ACCEPTING A DRINK OF SCOTCH FROM A RATHER BEND OVER COL COMMANDING A B-24 GROUP THAT SHALL REMAIN UNKNOWN..



"According to the mission critique On August 8, 1944 the target was German Ground defenses around St Sylvian.  The 100th Bomb Group "A" Group was leading the 13th CBW (Combat Wing)which lead the 3rd Air Division and the 8th Air Force.  The lead Group consisted of 13 aircraft lead by  Col Tom Jeffrey (Commanding Officer of the 100th BG) and Lt Neal P. Scott.  The 100thBG "B" Group also consisted of 13 planes and they were flying Low Group in the 13th CBW. They lost one aircraft (Lt J.P. Keys) and the Lead plane crash landed behind allied lines.   The 390th Bomb Group flew as High Group in the 13th CBW and the 100th BG provided 3 aircraft for the 390th BG's second element of the lead Squadron…MPF 2003"



There are references to Neal P. Scott as "Phil" and "Scotty"



Some of Capt Scotts Missions

# DATE A/C TARGET COMMENTS

1 5/1/1944 37800 SAARGUEMINES/WIZERNES 

2 5/7/1944 37800 BERLIN 

3 5/8/1944 31650 BERLIN & LAGLACERIE 

4 5/11/1944 38047 LIEGE 

5 5/12/1944 97126 BRUX, OIL REFINERY 

6 5/20/1944 37800 BRUSSELS 

7 5/24/1944 31412 BERLIN (LT E.R. WILLIAMS-CP)

8 5/25/1944 31412 BRUSSELS (CAPT. VAN STENNIS-COMMAND PILOT)

9 6/2/1944 97126 BOULOGNE 

10 6/11/1944 31708 BERCK SUR MER (S.DEF) 

11 6/14/1944 107233 LE CULOT (AIR FIELD) (CAPT J.L."FUZZY" ZELLER-COMMAND PILOT, LT NORTON-FORMATION- OFFICER)

12 6/20/1944 107233 FALLERSLEBEN (CAPT J.L."FUZZY" ZELLER-COMMAND PILOT, LT NORTON-FORMATION OFFICER)

13 6/24/1944 31708 GRAND COURONNE (ST)   (MAJ.EMBERSON-COMMAND PILOT)

14 6/25/1944 97929 SOUTH OF FRANCE (CAPT. HERBERT HOWARD-COMMAND PILOT, CAPT. E.C. KING-COMMAND NAVIGATOR)

15 7/11/1944 107233 MUNICH (AERO ENGINES MAJ EMBERSON-COMMAND PILOT, LT NORTON-FORMATION OFFICER)

16 7/19/1944 37812 SCHWEINFURT & DUREN 

17 7/20/1944 97829 MERSEBURG ("FEARLESS" FREDDY CHAPIN BECOMES BOM ON CREW, S/SGT GATELY LAST MISSION WITH CREW)

18 8/2/1944 37812 TERGNIER/LAFERE (MAJ W.H. THOMPSON-COMMAND PILOT, LT NORTON-FORMATION OFFICER)

19 8/5/1944 37812 MAGDEBURG (S/SGT MORRIS FLEW AS TG)

20 8/6/1944 37812 BERLIN (MAJ SAM BARR-COMMAND PILOT)

21 8/8/1944 37812 ST. SYLVIAN (COL TOM JEFFREY-COMMAND PILOT, S/SGT MORRIS LAST MISSION WITH CREW)

22 8/14/1944 37812 LUDWIGSHAVEN (OIL) (LT COL FRED PRICE-COMMAND PILOT)

23 8/15/1944 37812 VENLO (MAJ EMBERSON-COMMAND PILOT, LAST MISSION FOR LT SCOTT WITH THIS CREW)



CAPT SCOTT AS COMMAND PILOT:

# DATE A/C TARGET COMMENT

24 8/27/1944 37636 BERLIN (RECALL) (FLEW AS COMMAND PILOT WITH LT ANDERSON CREW)

25 8/30/1944 PFF BREMEN 

26 9/8/1944 37636 MAINZ (FLEW AS COMMAND PILOT WITH LT ANDERSON CREW)

27 9/11/1944 32009 RUHLAND (OIL) (FLEW AS COMMAND PILOT WITH LT ROEDIGER CREW)

28 9/18/1944  WARSAW 

29 9/19/1944 38124 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA) (FLEW AS COMMAND PILOT ON LT ERNST CREW)

30 9/28/1944 183 

PFF MERSEBURG (FLEW AS COMMAND PILOT WITH LT GEORGE FORY CREW)

31 1/2//1945 48226 PFF BAD KREUZNACH (FLEW AS COMMAND PILOT WITH LT SPURGEON CREW)

32 2/15/1945 220 PFF BOHLEN & COTTBUS (ST) (FLEW WITH LT D.A.JONES CREW)





Serial Numbers:



2nd Lt John S. Norton,    O-819150

2nd Lt Arthur J. Holtz,     O-761325

1st Lt Neal P. Scott,        O-813959

2nd Lt Fredrick J. Koury,   O-886926

T/Sgt Robert L. Mock,      15065906

S/Sgt Paul L. Caballero,     14042136

S Sgt Richard A. York,      37478315

T/ Sgt Russell W. Smith,  36453188

S/Sgt John J. Morris,      36616615

S/Sgt John Gately,        18226396

      

                 

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KENNEDY  E.R. LT P 8/15/44 VENLO

HUDAK   M.G. LT CP 8/15/44 VENLO

CHRISTOVICH  A.R. LT NAV 8/15/44 VENLO

DANIEL   L.A. LT BOM 8/15/44 VENLO

LOOMIS  E.R. T/SGT ROG 8/15/44 VENLO

TERRELL  V.L. T/SGT TTE 8/15/44 VENLO

GRIMES   C.L. S/SGT BTG 8/15/44 VENLO

DECH   K.F. S/SGT LWG 8/15/44 VENLO

GATELY  J. S/SGT TG 8/15/44 VENLO





Date Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target

7/29/1944 60 169 GATELY J. S/SGT TG 39687 MERSEBURG

8/5/1944 51 174 GATELY J. S/SGT TG 37321 MAGDEBURG

8/6/1944 51 175 GATELY J. S/SGT TG 37321 BERLIN

8/15/1944 51 181 GATELY J. S/SGT TG 37521 VENLO

9/10/1944 57 193 GATELY J. S/SGT LWG 107233 NURNBURG

9/11/1944 57 194 GATELY J. S/SGT LWG 37812 RUHLAND (OIL)



John Gately, 85 years

born 18 January,1923

TAPS  24 Sept,2008